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Fire-Eaters
FIRE-EATERS FIRE-EATERS. An outspoken group of Southern, proslavery extremists, the Fire-Eaters advocated secession from the Union and the formation of an independent confederacy as early as the 1840s. The group included a number of well-known champions of Southern sovereignty, including South... Read more |
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firing line
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fire
fire the phenomenon of combustion as seen in light, flame , and heat; it is one of the basic tools of human culture. In ancient Greece and later, fire was considered one of the four basic elements, a substance from which all things were composed. Its great importance to humans, the mystery of... Read more |
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Fire Engine
Fire Engine Background The term "fire truck" is commonly used as a generic expression to describe a fire-fighting vehicle. Technically, a "fire truck" is a vehicle equipped with ladders and is used mainly to gain access to elevated portions of a structure or to provide a... Read more |
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fire-blight
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Accelerant
Accelerant An accelerant is a substance that is used to cause the rapid spread of a fire. An example of a commonly used accelerant is petroleum distillate, the liquid that is collected from the vaporization of petroleum-containing liquids. This fire-starting fluid is sold in hardware stores and is... Read more |
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Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993) Keith Rollins Eakins On March 30, 1981, twenty-five-year-old John W. Hinckley, Jr., lurked in a crowd of people clustering around a Washington, D.C., hotel waiting for President Ronald Reagan to finish delivering a speech. As President Reagan... Read more |
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Fire ecology
Fire Ecology Fire is one of the leading natural forces that has shaped nearly all land-based ecosystems for several thousand years. Fire is especially important in regulating the species composition of vegetation. Fire is particularly important in forests of cold northern regions, such as Canada... Read more |
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Friendly fire (Military science)
Friendly Fire. So‐called friendly fire, sometimes termed fratricide or amicicide, is officially defined by the U.S. Army as “the employment of friendly weapons … which results in unforeseen and unintentional death or injury to friendly personnel.” Intentional firing on... Read more |
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firing
firing n. 1. the action of setting fire to something: the deliberate firing of 600 oil wells. 2. the discharging of a gun or other weapon: the prolonged firing caused heavy losses | no missile firings were planned.... Read more |
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ACADEMIC USAGE
...conditions, usually. (2) Parenthetical asides, intended to modify, support, or otherwise...or making extempore remarks supported by notes. Replies to comments and questions are...provisos, disclaimers, acknowledgements, NOTES AND REFERENCES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, and indexes... |
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Gray v. Sanders
...court's invalidation of the Georgia county unit system but set aside as “inapposite” the lower tribunal's suggested alternative...Douglas, speaking for the Court, concluded on a broader note that was to be sounded in subsequent reapportionment cases... |
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Shakespeare, William
...perfected’ (Henry V, i. i. 67–9). As Phyllis Rackin notes, Shakespeare's Prince Hal ‘anticipates the Tudors in using...smaller, indoor Blackfriars theatre—and putting his Holinshed aside.But his Jacobean plays none the less exhibit a strong cons |
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Washington v. Davis
...communicative skills of government employees. The Court took note of the efforts of the department to recruit black officers and...indication of how discriminatory purpose or intent is to be shown. Aside from the very few cases where statutes or policies discriminate... |
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PUNCTUATION
...phrases, and clauses, and by indicating parentheses and asides. Until the 18c, punctuation was closely related to spoken delivery...where it indicated inflection of the voice. The terms mark/note of exclamation and SEMICOLON both date from the 17c. The term... |
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Muller v. Oregon
...for the Court, not only upheld the law, but in an unusual aside, mentioned Brandeis and the “very copious collection” of data he had...public interest and care” (p. 421). Brewer took care to note that the decision in Muller did not “in any respect” undermine... |
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narrative criticism
...assess the work as a whole and to note its stylistic characteristics...and system of values; they note the characteristics and points of view of the narrator and his asides to the reader.There is no single meaning...apostolic status to men—‘of note among the ... |
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course
...of a race or similar sporting event. ∎ an area of land set aside and prepared for racing, golf, or another sport. 2. a dish...adjacent strings on a guitar, lute, etc., tuned to the same note. • v. 1. [intr.] (of liquid) move without obstruction... |
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pigeonhole
...document) into a pigeonhole: he pigeonholed his charts and notes. ∎ assign to a particular category or class, esp. in a manner...photographer and neglect his work in sculpture and painting. ∎ put aside for future consideration: she pigeonholed her worry about him... |
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put
...express, spell out, make understood, clarify.put aside 1. put aside food/money for a rainy daysynonyms: lay by...names downsynonyms: write down, put in writing, note down, make a note of, jot down, take down, set down, enter, list... |
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set
...isolate, separate, segregate, put to one side. set aside 1. set aside some money each month synonyms: save, put by...synonyms: write down, put in writing, jot down, note down, make a note of; record, register, log. 2. we set down some... |
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lay
...prepare, devise, bait.See note at lie2 . phrases: lay something aside 1. farmers laying aside areas for conservation synonyms: put aside, put to one side, keep, save...pillage, sack, despoil. USAGE NOTES The verb lay means, broadly... |
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squirrel
...familiar gray squirrels of park and patio.See note below. See also table at rodent. phrase: squirrel...this money for a new carsynonyms: save, put aside, put by, lay by, set aside, lay aside, keep in reserve, stockpile, accumulate... |
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sweep
...ambit, gamut, spectrum, extent.See note at range. phrases: sweep aside you can't sweep aside these allegations foreversynonyms: disregard...dismiss, shrug off, forget about, brush aside. sweep under the carpet their grievances... |
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abandon
...six; formal forswear, abjure.See note at relinquish.antonyms: keep, retain...discontinue, break off, refrain from, set aside; informal cut out, kick, pack in, quit...high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with; jilt, strand, leave... |
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footnote
footnote • noun informative footnotessynonyms: note, marginal note, annotation, comment, gloss; aside, incidental remark, digression. |
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but
...synonyms: except (for), apart from, other than, besides, aside from, with the exception of, bar, excepting, excluding...not for, were it not for, barring, notwithstanding. USAGE NOTES but It is a gross canard that beginning a sentence with but... |
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disdain
...down on; despise; informal turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh.See note at despise. 2. we disdained his invitation synonyms: spurn, reject, refuse, rebuff, disregard, ignore, snub; decline, turn down, brush aside. |
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ignore
...turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, tune out.See note at neglect.antonym: pay attention to. 2. he was ignored...doctors ignored her husband's instructions synonyms: set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of; break, contravene... |
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OHIO STATE NOTES; CLARETT PUTS ASIDE PROBLEMS, CONCENTRATES ON PRACTICE
TEMPE, Ariz. - Ohio State's Maurice Clarett put aside his frustration with the school and his grief over losing a friend long enough to practice Monday. Only OSU coach Jim Tressel... |
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VIKINGS NOTES; Sacks aside, Favre impressed by pass protection; The Vikings...
Byline: CHIP SCOGGINS; JUDD ZULGAD; STAFF WRITERS The Vikings offensive line heard some criticism about protection breakdowns after the first three opponents combined to sack Brett Favre nine times. But the Vikings did not give up a sack Monday night against the Packers for the first time in 23 |
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WOLVES NOTES; Cassell steps aside, vows Game 3 return.(SPORTS)
Byline: Kent Youngblood; Steve Aschburner; Staff Writers This time the Timberwolves tried to get just a little more out of Sam Cassell. Battling a sore hip and back, Cassell didn't practice Saturday, didn't do much at Sunday's morning shootaround. Instead, he spent all his time getting treatment - |
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REVOLUTION NOTES; Alexi's asides brushed off.
FOXBORO -- Revolution general manager Brian O'Donovan said he interpreted comments made by Alexi Lalas two days ago as pure frustration due to the Revolution's nine-game losing streak. That streak was snapped last night with a 1-0 victory over Columbus at Foxboro Stadium. On Thursday, Lalas said he |
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A building of note; Contradictions aside, BSO's home remains a sound...
How do we love thee, Symphony Hall? With apologies to poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, it's almost impossible to count the ways. And that's because the most lovable things about the 100-year-old hall are its contradictions. To begin with, it's a perfect bricks-and-mortar tribute to the dawn of the |
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The notes are there and, some worries aside, most funds are buying.(money...
...since this is also the season of heavy note issuance. Fifteen-month paper makes up an unusually large share of the notes for sale this year, observers say...fears and claimed a strong interest in notes, including this week's $1.05 billion...one-year tax and revenue ... |
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Short, pack and asides; A NOTE FROM MUM.(Columns)
Byline: Suzanne Robinson THEY say that moving house is one of the top three causes of stress. In that case I should be well on my way to an ulcer the size of an ostrich egg. Moving house is one thing - try moving continents. Yes we're packing for our emigration to New Zealand. The whole caboodle |
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Pac Ten Notes: Robinson says he will step aside unless USC improves
...Robinson said Tuesday. "If I don't do better, then I will step aside."I'm not talking about wins, but I'm talking about facing...things, that if you can't perform, you've got to step aside. Somewhere along the line, they need to stand up and fight... |
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FSU's Thornton tosses Clemson aside.(SPORTS)(NOTES)
...State's Al Thornton jettisons his headband, it usually means trouble for an opponent. The Seminoles' dynamic forward tossed aside his headband in the middle of the first half and finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds in a 67-66 victory over eighth... |
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VIKINGS NOTES; McDaniel puts contract tiff aside.(SPORTS)
1/3 Vikings guard Randall McDaniel wants to forget about contracts and focus on football. McDaniel is entering his 12th season, but that appeared uncertain until last week. McDaniel missed the team's mandatory May minicamp after his agent said Jeff Diamond, the team's former senior vice president |
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